Audubon American Flamingo Postcard

Audubon Birds - John James Audubon - American Flamingo John James Audubon created this beautiful American Flamingo illustration, an aquatint engraving with original hand coloring, and published it in the famous original Birds of America books produced in the early 1800s. The American Flamingo is a beautiful print -- one of Audubon's rarest bird prints. This Flamingo illustration is a reproduction of American Flamingo, a fine John James Audubon print from Birds of America, Plate 431. The American Flamingo print was originally printed between 1827-1838. It is estimated that at auction, the American Flamingo print will go for $250,000. It is thought that only 120 complete sets of John James Audubon’s Birds of America still exist today. These bird prints are engraved by hand with aquatint and are further detailed by hand coloring, The American Flamingo is considered one of the best works that was produced in the Birds of America series of bird prints.